Soundtrack Success: A Digital Storyteller's Guide to Audio Post-Production

About Soundtrack Success: A Digital Storyteller’s Guide to Audio Post-Production

Features

• Schools filmmakers, editors, game developers, commercial directors, and animators on how to deliver effective, professional-sounding soundtracks.

• Teaches readers how to use dialog, voice-over, walla, backgrounds, sound design, sound effects, Foley, and of course music to deliver their message more effectively.

• Provides information and instruction on how to use all of the leading sound editing software tools.

• Includes a chapter on how to find work in the sound editing industry.

• The book’s companion DVD includes additional video tutorials to further illustrate techniques.

Who This Book Is For

This book is for storytellers who produce content for theaters, TV, video, games, and the web. It will also appeal to those who aren’t audio pros but who still need quality sound work on their productions, such as independent filmmakers and other low- to medium-budget content producers. The book will also appeal to music composers and producers, game sound/music designers, animators, audio instructors and their students, and film/TV/video enthusiasts. Unfortunately, try as it might, this book can’t contain everything about audio and soundtracks. As I gaze across my bookshelves, I see thousands of pages from books and websites, along with dozens of DVDs and the remnants of countless hours in classrooms and many days and nights in darkened rooms spent honing my craft. All of these resources have served as my education. What I endeavor to do here is to relate the key concepts, workflow, and practical techniques that you can apply to your soundtracks. This won’t be the definitive guide to soundtrack creation and success–no single book ever could be–but this resource aspires to serve as a detailed primer and a welcome reference to use for your storytelling career. After all, it was William Yeats who said, “Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” As you work through this book, I hope it becomes just the spark you need.

–Jeffrey P. Fisher

Jeffrey P. Fisher has built a 25-year career providing music, sound, writing, video, training, and media production and post-production services for corporate, cable, and commercial clients, including indie films. Fisher is the author of 11 books, and he teaches audio and video production and post-production at College of DuPage and DePaul University.